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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νοέω (noéō, “to intend, to perceive, to see, to understand”) + -μᾰ (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nó.ɛː.ma/ → /ˈno.i.ma/ → /ˈno.i.ma/
Noun
νόημᾰ • (nóēma) n (genitive νοήμᾰτος); third declension
- perception
- «τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημᾰ»
- ‘tō̂n nées ōkeîai hōs ei pteròn ēè nóēmă.’
- ‘and the ships of those as swift as wing or a thought’.
- thought, purpose, design
- «τὸν δ’ ἠείβετ’ ἔπειτᾰ θεᾱ̀ γλαυκῶπῐς Ἀ̆θήνη: ‹αἰεί τοι τοιοῦτον ἐνῐ στήθεσσῐ νόημᾰ:»
- ‘tòn d’ ēeíbet épeită t͡heā̀ glaukō̂pĭs Ăt͡hḗnē: “aieí toi toioûton enĭ stēt͡hessĭ nóēmă:’
- ‘and-but thereupon the bright-eyed Athena answered him: “ever is a thought such as this in the breasts:’
- understanding, mind
- «ὣς φᾰτο Τηλέμᾰχος : μνησῆσῐ δὲ Πᾰλλᾰς Ἀ̆θήνη ἄ̆σβεστον γέλω ὦρσε, πᾰρέπλᾰγξεν δὲ νόημᾰ.»
- ‘hṓs p͡hăto Tēlémăc͡hos: mnēsē̂sĭ dè Păllăs Ăt͡hḗnē ắsbeston gélō ō̂rse păréplăɡxen dè nóēmă.’
- ‘And-but Telemachos was saying : “And-but amongst the wooers, Pallas Athena excited unquenchable laughter and turning the thought from the sane path.’
Inflection
References
- “νόημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νόημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νόημα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νόημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νόημα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νόημα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3540 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νόημα (nóēma, “thought, perception, understanding”), with semantic loan from German Noem, itself from the Ancient Greek term, and Wink (“sign, wave”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
νόημα • (nóima) n (plural νοήματα)
- sense, meaning
- gesture
Declension
Synonyms
References